Pruden, Kentucky and Tennessee

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Pruden
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Houses along Pruden Road
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Pruden
Location on Kentucky–Tennessee border
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Pruden
Pruden (the United States)
Coordinates: 36°35′10″N83°54′04″W / 36.58611°N 83.90111°W / 36.58611; -83.90111
Country United States
States Kentucky and Tennessee
County Bell (Kentucky) and Claiborne (Tennessee)
Elevation
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1,266 ft (386 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
37851 [2]
GNIS feature ID1310724 [1]

Pruden is an unincorporated community located partly in Bell County, Kentucky and partly in Claiborne County, Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. [1] It is located along Tennessee State Route 90 and Kentucky Route 74, which intersect at the state line, in the upper Clearfork Valley. [3] [4]

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History

Pruden had a post office on the Tennessee side of the border from September 20, 1906, to May 21, 2011; it still has its own ZIP code, 37851. [2] [5]

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The now abandoned post office in Pruden Pruden-post-office-tn1.jpg
The now abandoned post office in Pruden

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Pruden, Tennessee". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. 1 2 United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code" . Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  3. State Primary Road System: Bell County (PDF) (Map). Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. 2012. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  4. Claiborne County, Tennessee General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Tennessee Department of Transportation. 2010. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  5. "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service . Retrieved December 9, 2012.